Safety-razor.



E. v. EDWARDS.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 43,1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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ELWELL V. EDWARDS, OF. CAMDEN. NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908 Application filed May 4, 1908. Serial No.430,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELWELL V. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden. and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to razors and more particularly to safety razors,and has for an object to provide a device of this character whereby twoedges of a blade may be available for cutting pur oses.

A further object 0t this invention is to provide means whereby the blademay be readily attached to or detached from the handle of the razor.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout de arting from the spirit of the invention.

11 the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a front view of the present razor, Fig. 2 is an edge view,Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 isa transverse sectional view on the line 44 of'Fig. 1 with the clampingplate omitted, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, parts being in aposition to remove the blade,

ig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the blade, Fig. 7 is an end viewof the clamping member. v

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a safetyrazor 10 comprising an elongated body 11, of metal, and which isprovided with a handle portion 12.

The elongated body is off set laterallyes shown at 13, and above thisoffset portion and at each side, the body is scalloped as shown at 14 toprovide' uards to be ereinafter more fully referred to. The scallopededges thus produce outwardly directed spaced tongues 15 flaredoutwardly, as shown.

At the upper end, the body is provided with an outwardly extending pin16 headed at its outer end as shown at 17. The in 16 thus receives ablade clamping mem er .8 arranged to lie at times with its side edges ofthe scalloped portions just described.

Disposed near the offset portion 13 of the body and between it and thepin 17 there is shown a dowel pin 19 arranged for insertion in adepression 20 formed in the blade clamping member 18 adjacent to thelower end thereof. At the lower end, and at each corner, the bladeclamping member is provided with outwardly turned finger engagingcatches 21. Beneath the offset portion 13, the handle portion is stampedoutwardly oppositely to the ofl'set 13 to form a spring tongue 22 spacedfrom and extending over the portron 14-. and arranged for engagementwith the blade clamping member 18 therebeneath with the catches 21 atopposite sides thereof when the member is in its closed position.

A flat blade 23 is provided, and at the upper end this blade is providedwith a semicircular recess 24 arranged for engagement with the pin 16inwardly of the clamping member 18 carried thereby. At the lower end,the blade is provided with a similar semicircular recess .25 which isthus arranged to receive the pin 19. The blade, at each of its side.edges is beveled as shown at 26.

It will thus be seen that a simple and inexpensive safety razor isprovided, and it is obvious that the construction, as shown, is suchthat both cutting edges of the blade maybe used without changing theblade. When it is desired to remove a blade it will of course beunderstood that the member 18 is swung outwardly as shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings whereby the blade 23 may be conveniently disengaged fromthe pins 16 and 19 respectively.

What is claimed is:

1. A safety razor comprising an elongated body having a portion betweenits ends offset in a lateral direction, a headed pin carried by saidbody at the upper end thereof, a pin carried by said body and locatedabove said offset ortion, a removable blade having recessed portions atits upper and lower edges for engagement with said pins, guards carriedby said body and dis osed adjacent to the cutting edges ofsaid b ade,and a swinging blade clamping member carried by said body.

2. A safety razor comprising an elongated -adjacent to the outer ends ofthe tongues 15 body offset betweenits ends to bring portions movable outof siieh a position, and a blade mto difierent planes, the portion atone sid'e engaged between the plate and the body. 10 of the offsethaving guards at its edges, a pin In testimony whereof I afiix my"signature, carried by said portion adjacent to the offset, in-presenceof two witnesses.

5 said body having a finger stamped therefrom ELWELL V. EDWARDS.

oppositely to the offset, a retaining plate piv- Witnesses: oted to thebody, and lying normally with a GEORGE S. BORTON,

portion beneath the finger, said plate being WALTER H. OBEIGH.

